What are the benefits of an electric fence?
An electric fence has many benefits over conventional fencing:
Requires less labour and materials to construct.
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Flexibility to change or add paddocks when required. The use of
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strip grazing techniques can allow temporary fencing to be quickly
and easily erected or removed.
Controls a broader range of animals.
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Minimises damage to expensive livestock when compared with
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other fencing mechanisms, for example barbed wire.
Parts of the energizer
Key to symbols on the energizer
Fence earth terminal. Connect the fence earth terminal to the
earth system.
Fence output terminal. Connect the fence output terminal to
the fence.
Risk of electric shock! This energizer should be opened or
repaired only by qualified personnel.
Read full instructions before use.
This symbol on the product or its packaging indicates that this
product must not be disposed of with other waste. Instead, it
is your responsibility to dispose of your waste equipment by
handing it over to a designated collection point for the
recycling of waste electrical and electronic equipment. The
separate collection and recycling of your waste equipment at
the time of disposal will help conserve natural resources and
ensure that it is recycled in a manner that protects human
health and the environment. For more information about
where you can drop off your waste equipment for recycling,
please contact your local city recycling office or the dealer
from whom you purchased the product.
The energizer has a double-insulated construction.
Installation
Mount the energizer close to a power outlet.
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Mount the energizer out of reach of children.
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Use the template printed on the back page of this manual to
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mount the energizer onto a wall or beam.
Connect the Fence earth terminal to a separate earth system that
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is at least 10 m (33') from other earth systems. See
testing an earth system
on page 6.
Connect the Fence output terminal to the fence. Use either the
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low voltage (yellow) or high voltage (red) fence output terminal.
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Energizer fence output terminals
The energizer has two Fence output terminals – high voltage (red) and
low voltage (yellow). Although the low voltage terminal produces a
lower voltage than the high voltage terminal, it
amount of energy
The low voltage terminal is used in dry areas, where sparks from a
higher voltage may cause a fire, or when special fire department
regulations are in force. This terminal can also be used to configure a
bi-polar fencing system.
Operation
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Reading voltage
The LED display shows the voltage at the output terminals of the
energizer.
When first connected to the power source, all light segments on the
LED display illuminate. They then illuminate separately from left to
right and back again. This indicates that the energizer is operating
normally. The LED display, then, briefly displays a light sequence that
identifies the address setting of the energizer.
After three seconds, the energizer starts pulsing. Each of the light
segments on the LED display represent an increment of approximately
1 kV (1000 V) of output voltage. For example, if the first 4 segments
are illuminated at each pulse, the output voltage is approximately 4 kV
(4000 V).
If you see only red lights at each pulse and no green lights, this means
that your fence line is very heavily loaded, and you need to look for
faults on the fence line. See
Full-power mode (36 J and 63 J energizers only)
While the energizer is pulsing, if the large, green light segment on the
right is lit up continuously, it is operating in full-power mode. The
Installing and
energizer switches to full-power mode when there is a heavy load on
the fence.
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Turn on the power supply.
Using the fault finder
delivers the same
on page 3.